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Jessie Bee

I am a seeker of God, a help-meet to my husband and a mother to my 3 children. I love hot lattes, good books, cold weather and anything that inspires me to be creative. I desire simplicity and authenticity, but often have to remind myself to seek those .

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Yesterday my niece turned 4 years old. She is one of the most hilarious and sweetest little girls I've ever met....and she absolutely adores Rapunzel. So what made more sense than to throw her a Tangled-theme birthday party? When my sister mentioned the idea, we both hit the internet and started brainstorming ideas (my sister found most of them). Here is the party in pictures:

the decorations:

I know it's hard to tell, but this painting is HAND DONE by my talented sister.

This is another painting she did, along with a homemade yarn lantern. So cute!

Rapunzel's hair. We also did a brown braid and paired it with some (paper) scissors and had that hanging out on the bathroom counter. =)

Another glimpse of Jenny's painting, along with the streamers she made.

And of course there had to be color-coordinating flowers!

What Tangled party would be complete without Rapunzel herself? My niece spent most of her party dancing and singing with her friends and her favorite princess! Rapunzel also practiced her painting skills on the cheeks of all the party guests. She was awesome!

the food:

The obligatory veggies. Something has to be healthy, right?

We kept it simple for the kids: premade pb&j and chips.

Jello adorned with clementine boats, perfect for lantern-watching.

We put some of the food in cast iron pans. =) The adults were fed rustic rolls, cold cuts and cheese with an array of spreads: chipotle ranch, pesto and honey mustard. We also did some caprese skewers for munching on.

For drinks my sister served strawberry lemonade and iced tea. Yummy!

the cake:

A friend of mine did a killer creative Rapunzel tower and I was determined to do one also.

I printed out a mini version of Flynn Rider's "Wanted" poster - I thought it added a nice touch.

Another view.

The waterfall.

By the end of the party, my niece was exhausted. Her mommy persuaded her to take a "5 minute break" which turned into an hour-long nap.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

I recently taught my two older kids how to work our blender, which has turned smoothie-making into a four or five-times-a-day occurrence. That's actually fine with me because they put healthy things like frozen berries and greek yogurt into them. Or, at least I thought they were using the greek yogurt. It finally occurred to me that all the yogurt was still sitting in our fridge, untouched, so I asked my daughter which yogurt she was using. She showed me...

I really need to teach her to read better. But at least it was the European-style sour cream...the kind that uses milk as its only ingredient. But still, ewww.

And then there was my son's smoothie. Our recent peanut butter purchase suggested using the peanut butter in your smoothie, so my son insisted on listening. He said it tasted really good so I suggested he write down the ingredients so he'll remember how to make it in the future:

Cantaloupe?? Gag! But he was proud of it so of course I praised his...uhhh....creativity, and that was all the encouragement he needed to make another one an hour later.

Oh, and I finally pinteredpinterested made something from pinterest! Something tells me we could use a few more coloring books but, thanks to Target's school sale, we have plenty of crayons. =)

Sure, judge me for making the easiest thing I could find, but it's done and the kids totally love it. Now they can color while they drink their sour cream and cantaloupe smoothies. Yum.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

What do you get when you mix weddings slash sickness slash adoption work slash summer?

Answer: no blog posts.

The last few weeks have been spent watching my kids grow up. I am now the proud parent of TWO swimmers. Because of my fear of water, this is especially important to me. My mom, husband and I have really made it a point to get the kids in the water as much as possible this summer, and we're now reaping the rewards. Woohoo!

I also got to see my nieces for an entire week, while they were down here for my sister's wedding:

My daughter and niece standing over the air conditioning vent. =)

Janoah driving off in Papa's jeep.

I also had the opportunity to spend time with a friend I've known nearly all my life. We met when I was 5 (and she was 4) and lived only 7 houses apart. We went to the same school and spent all of our weekends together. Here is a picture of us when we were younger:

And now....

Here is a picture of my two girls (ages 4 and 5) hanging out with her 4 year old (sorry, the lighting is terrible). This was so surreal to me...